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Knights skate in CWHL All-Star Game

Posted 12/16/14

The Clarkson University Women's Hockey program was well represented at the inaugural Canadian Women's Hockey League (CWHL) All-Star Game, held on December 13 at the Air Canada Centre in Toronto and …

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Knights skate in CWHL All-Star Game

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The Clarkson University Women's Hockey program was well represented at the inaugural Canadian Women's Hockey League (CWHL) All-Star Game, held on December 13 at the Air Canada Centre in Toronto and broadcast live in Canada and the United States.

Three Golden Knight alumni from last year's NCAA Championship team and a current Clarkson assistant coach were among the 40 players who participated in the CWHL showcase.

The 2014 Patty Kazmaier Memorial Award winner as the top player in NCAA women's hockey, Jamie Lee Rattray '14 helped to lead the Red Team to a 3-2 victory. Rattray was named Second Star of the all-star game after scoring one goal. Rattray's CWHL teammate on the Brampton Thunder, and Clarkson's all-time winningest goaltender, Erica Howe '14 played the final 15 minutes in Team Red's crease to backstop the victory.

Carly Mercer '14, who served as the Knights' captain in their two most successful seasons ever, and now playing in the CWHL alongside Rattray and Howe with the Thunder, skated for Team White on Saturday. Meghan Duggan, a first-year assistant coach for Clarkson this season, and a member of the Boston Blades, also skated for Team White.

The players who faced off in the all-star game came from all five CWHL teams - Brampton, Boston, the Toronto Furies, Calgary Inferno and Montreal Stars.

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The CWHL is the premier, professionally-run women's hockey league in the world. It enables elite female hockey players to pursue their dreams of competing at the highest level possible, while enhancing the lives of others through exceptional athleticism, entertainment and motivation. The league is centrally funded, with all participating teams in the CWHL receiving equal access to financial support and given the same opportunities to succeed. The CWHL is a not-for-profit organization, with every dollar going towards building a league that is dedicated to raising the profile of women's hockey, providing a place for the best female players in the world to compete and inspiring the next generation of female hockey heroines.